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| Location |
| Jantar
Mantar is situated in Jaipur, Rajasthan one
of the north Indian State situated to the
west of India . Jaipur was founded by Swai
Jai singh 11 in 1727 A.D. and it is 232 km
from Agra and 300 km from Delhi . But, There
are other Jantar-Mantars in Delhi , Ujjain
, Varanasi and Mathura . |
| About
this Monument |
In Jaipur,
the important tourist attraction is - Jantar
Mantar, was originally built by Sawai Jay
Singh II - the Maharaja of Jaipur. A little
distance of Connaught Circus at Sansad Marg
it was built in the mid 18th century. It is
space observatory a house that is instrumental
in observing astronomical and aeronotical
movements of sun, moon and other stars and
planets. The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur is the
biggest and most elaborate observatory in
India .
The Jantar mantar at Jaipur is one of Jai
Singh's five remarkable observatories built
in the various parts of the country and is
the largest of all. It was built to satisfy
king's (Sawai Jai Singh) quest to find the
mysteries of the sky as well as provide satisfaction
to his architectural and astronomical instincts.
The name "Jantar Mantar" is a modification
of the Hindi words "yantra" meaning
instruments, and "mantra" meaning
formulae. It was built to study various phenomenon
of astronomy like longitudes, latitudes, local
time, constellations, declination of the sun,
planets and the stars, and to determine eclipses.
The monument was built to understand the movements
of the sun and moon and to find answer various
other astronomical mysteries. The observatory
in Jaipur follows the one in Smarkand , Uzbekistan
. The complex of the Jantar Mantar consists
of the jaiprakash yantra, ram yantra,
samrat yantra , and the ‘composite
instrument' which includes a sun-dial and
a massive hemisphere on the northern wall
.............. Really Amazing !!
Jai Prakash Yantra :
It is used to find out the positions of the
celestial bodies during days and nights. It
is a two hemispherical bowl structure, which
represents the celestial sphere and there
is a vertical rod in the center.
Samrat Yantra : It
consists of a massive triangle with a curved
structure on both sides.
Ram Yantra : It is
an instrument used to indicate the altitude
and the azimuth or declination of celestial
bodies.
And do u know....that,
There is one Bhairab Temple as old as Jantar-Mantar.
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| How
to reach |
Jaipur can
be easily accessed through air, train or road.
By Air : Jaipur has
its own airport, and is well connected to
all other tourist and business centres.
By Rail : Jaipur is well
connected to Delhi by Shatabdi Express and
the Pink City Express. Other connections to
Jaipur are from Bikaner , Jodhpur , Udaipur
, Ahemadabad, Secunderabad and Lucknow .
By Road : A network of reasonably
comfortable tourist buses, run by road corporations
of Rajasthan, Haryana and others. |
| Climate |
| Jaipur has
got extreme climate. Summers are invariably
hot and winters are not very cold. Best time
to visit from October to March, when the weather
remains cool and tolerable. |
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